Cooling, Overall Opinions, CPU Cooling, Is Everything Compatible

Luwazzi

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Need help choosing cooling, and any suggestions? overall opinions?

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-Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor
-Corsair H80i GT 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (Skeptical)
-MSI Z97 GAMING 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
-Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
-Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
-Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 4GB Video Card
-NZXT Source 530 ATX Full Tower Case
-Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
-Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer
-Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)
 
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amir_1991

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How much is you budget?
 

Luwazzi

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My max is $1900, this build is currently worth $1812 AUS
 

amir_1991

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I read a review about your cpu cooling, that is the best, just Thermaltake Water 3.0 Ultimate has better performance in cpu load situation and it's more expensive about 50$ than your cooling system.
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/7272/corsair-hydro-h80i-gt-high-performance-liquid-cpu-cooler-review/index7.html
https://pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/corsair-cpu-cooler-cw9060017ww%2Cthermaltake-cpu-cooler-clw007pl12bla/
 

Luwazzi

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Thx, do you know if its good enough to overclock?
 

amir_1991

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It's their test result in overclocking load:
http://imagescdn.tweaktown.com/content/7/2/7272_37_corsair-hydro-h80i-gt-high-performance-liquid-cpu-cooler-review.png
Thermaltake Water 3.0 Ultimate decreases just about 1 degree less than Corsair H80i GT :)
 
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Luwazzi

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Great thx
 

amir_1991

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You're welcome ;)
 

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A big NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO to the power supply , that particular cx line is junk, its tier 4 and nasty
, stick with a tier 1 or 2 and haswell ready c6/c7 sleep state compliant ,http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html